One study even found that college students with divorced parents are more likely to experience verbal aggression from a partner.
So when you’re no longer part of a pair, that presents a problem.
Whether you’re still battling for custody or already in the swing of co-parenting, using technology can help you address co-parenting in a mature and level manner.
There is life after divorce, and it doesn’t have to be – nor should it be – something pushed under the rug and forgotten. Not only can one heal from the most painful divorce; one can come out stronger. Here is Aria Craig’s expert advice on how to do that.
As often happens in life, my dad accumulated more wealth with each passing year. And with each new family. His first batch of kids lived in a tiny two-bedroom house in a not-so-great neighborhood and walked to public school. I grew up in a five-bedroom house on a large property and was driven to private school in a BMW by our full-time nanny.
They’ve started to list statistics, attempting to normalize divorce for you. They want you to know that many, many people divorce and go onto live happy lives. They want you to know it doesn’t leave some dark mark on your reputation, the way it did fifty years ago for a woman.
You made your child a sweater while your ex bought her an ipad. Naturally, you worry that your gift doesn’t hold up. You even have to talk to the ex about having some sort of spending limit on gifts, so the kids don’t feel like mom is just cheap
If a couple is together for a very, very long time, it’s only normal that each person will develop close friendships with people of the opposite sex. Sometimes—particularly when the marriage already feels weak—these friendships can feel like threats to the marriage, and can make the jealous individual act out, pull away, seek out her own emotional affair, and do other damaging things.